Author Archives: Anton

the stubborn spiral

Posted on Saturday, 2005 February 19 by Anton

Rusin’s disco ball golden angles Saff & Kuijlaars Examples of three algorithms for distributing nodes fairly evenly over a sphere. Those on the middle and right slice the sphere into parallel bands of equal area (much narrower than the white … Continue reading →

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QotD

Posted on Friday, 2005 February 18 by Anton

. . . I consider the right of property to consist in the freedom to dispose first of one’s person, then of one’s labor, and finally, of the products of one’s labor — which proves, incidentally, that, from a certain … Continue reading →

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wp1.5

Posted on Thursday, 2005 February 17 by Anton

I’ve just upgraded to a new version of WordPress. Any minute now I’ll get it looking the way I like, again. Though this is a huge improvement over the old default template. A little bit later: Oh dear, oh dear: … Continue reading →

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if you keep a cat, or keep two or three

Posted on Thursday, 2005 February 17 by Anton

Do yourself a favor: never buy Swheat Scoop cat litter. Some litters absorb pee and make a non-smelly solid lump. Swheat Scoop makes a smelly sticky lump whose consistency resembles that of my oat-cookie dough. It’s a bitch to clean … Continue reading →

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Bobbin come home!

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 February 15 by Anton

What happened to Joycelyn Yik’s comic strip The New Adventures of Bobbin? The domain has been down for at least a few days, and I’ve never known that to happen before. Feb.20: She’s back! with a strip about about quirks … Continue reading →

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with crumbs on his face

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 February 15 by Anton

Recently I had occasion to sing a verse of “Rum, By Gum” and Jeff Riggenbach asked whether it came from The Lamplighters; I allowed as how that might well be the case. A spot of websearching now suggests the Mitchell … Continue reading →

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if one is good . .

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 February 15 by Anton

Was it in a dream that I heard the rumor of a collection of ABBA songs performed in the style of Gordon Lightfoot?

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